Thanksgiving Extravaganza!

Happy Day After!

I made it through Thanksgiving day and managed to cook an entire Thanksgiving dinner, even it was for only the boyfriend and I.

Chocolate Walnut Meringues

Hard to spell, but sweet to eat.

Meringues!

We went to Costco the other day with the plans of stocking our freezer and pantry once again and I had planned on buying bulk baking supplies since I always run out.

Mambo Italiano

What are my two favorite Italian foods?

Well, tonight at least, they're pizza and biscotti.

We started dinner with homemade chicken and sun-dried tomato pizza.

Just an Epicurious Kind of Evening

After our big shopping spree at Costco, my cooking has taken a nosedive.

While I've still been making attempts at baking, most of the groceries we bought were frozen ready-made foods and an absolutely excessive amount of bread products.

As such, we've been eating lots and lots of sandwiches, frozen pizza, and not a lot of my typical home cooking.

This evening, while watching Mad Men, I got in the 'Betty' mood and decided to actually cook dinner.

Ay yi yi! Alfajores!

I was in a baking mood last night and, for some reason, was on an evaporated milk kick. I browsed the internet for at least an hour looking for the perfect recipe to use up one of my cans of evaporated milk.

This recipe from Carnation promised me South American wonderfulness.

The amazing Argentinian, Peruvian, and Arabic (?!) ALFAJORES!

Treats You Can't Eat... and Some You Can

I bought a Groupon a while ago for $30 worth of baking supplies for $15 at a local cake/baking supply store.

I finally got around to making my way over there and bought some awesome little treats for my already-bursting-at-the-seams kitchen.

Coconut-Cranberry-Walnut EVERYTHING

Um, yes, please.

I've been on a total Coconut-Cranberry-Walnut trip lately.

It all started with those Coconut Cupcakes.

That was the catalyst.

I needed shredded coconut for the cupcakes and then, once I got a taste of the coconutty goodness, I was a woman possessed.

I had to find every recipe ever that had coconut.

Coconut and Vanilla Cupcakes

I hadn't made dessert in a few.... days.... and the boyfriend and I were both beginning to get the sugar cravings.

We just bought a carton of Silk Coconut Milk, so I set off on a journey to find a recipe with coconut milk.

I found this.

Vanilla Bean Coconut Cupcakes. Yes, please.